Wickremanayake was the senior vice-president of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). [11] After the SLFP won the 2004 parliamentary elections, Wickremanayake was appointed Minister of Buddhist Affairs, Public Security, and Law and Order, and Deputy Minister for Defence.
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Dec 27, 2016 · Veteran politician Ratnasiri Wickremanayake who served twice as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Tuesday passed away after a brief illness. Wickremanayake, 83, who also held many key ministerial positions since 1970, was ailing for sometime and breathed his last this morning, his family said. Watch What Else is Making News
He is currently a National List member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Wickremanayake first served as Prime Minister from August 2000 to December 2001. He became minister after Sirimavo Bandaranaike resigned from the position at the age of 84. He is a senior vice-president of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).
Dec 27, 2016 · Veteran Sri Lankan politician Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, who served twice as Prime Minister, passed away after a brief illness on Tuesday. The 83-year-old leader, ailing for sometime now, breathed...
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake is the 14,743rd most popular politician (down from 13,158th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Sri Lanka and the 12th most popular Politician. Memorability Metrics MPs pay final respects to late Ratnasiri Wickremanayake at Parliament 150k Page Views (PV) 44.65 Historical Popularity Index (HPI) 33
Dec 27, 2016 · Scroll Staff. Former Sri Lankan prime minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake died of an unspecified illness on Tuesday at the age of 83. He had been admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital on ...
Dec 27, 2016 · Ratnasiri Wickremanayake served as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2010. Wickremanayake served as the Prime Minister in the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government in ...